South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

SANHANES-I South Africa is undergoing an epidemiological transition from infectious to non‐communicable diseases (NCDs). Therefore, reliable estimates of population health parameters are essential to understanding the nature of the changing disease profile and translating such information into effective health promotion and disease prevention programmes.

HSRC Press

Product Information

Format:

280mm x 210mm

Pages:

424

ISBN-13:

978-0-7969-2476-6

Publish Year:

March 2014

Rights:

World Rights

List of Tables

Boxes
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Executive Summary
Introduction
Methodology
Results
Conclusions and Recommendations
Appendices
References

Professor Olive Shisana was the first woman and the first black woman to be appointed as President and CEO of the Human Sciences Research Council on 1 August 2005. She is a public health professional with extensive research, management and policy development experience spanning over 19 years.

Over the last five years, Prof. Shisana was the principal investigator and main author of several reports eminating from large studies, and has written numerous chapters in books and articles in scientific journals.

Professor Demetre Labadarios is the Executive Director of the Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation (PHHSI) research programme.